Now is the time to preserve the Endangered Species Act, not dilute it

The decades-long offensive on the ESA has been historically mounted by certain members of Congress who consider the Act a threat to the private industries including petroleum, timber, livestock, private land ownership, and other land use practices.

This is new attack is led by Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington state and House Natural Resources Committee Chair.

At the event, a beautiful book, A Wild Success: The Endangered Species Act at 40, was released, featuring an essay from IFAW CEO Azzedine Downes that summed things up perfectly: “Now is the time to preserve – not dilute – the ESA.”

Make sure to let your members of Congress know the ESA has your support.